Effect of a nutritional metabolism disrupter on the development of incipient colonies of the Formosan subterranean termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3 B, 2001, Pages 699-706

  Wiltz, Beverly A ^a,b   Henderson, Gregg ^a   Fei, Huixin ^a   Wren, Heather N ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bait; Coptotermes formosanus; Incipient colony; Nitrogen; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035608569     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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